Re: checklink: what does this error mean?

From: Bjoern Hoehrmann (derhoermi@gmx.net)
Date: Tue, Sep 18 2001

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    From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
    To: Peter Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
    Cc: www-validator@w3.org
    Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:05:03 +0200
    Message-ID: <m3seqtcvvr3401iolh8bj4k5ff2gljmf8j@4ax.com>
    Subject: Re: checklink: what does this error mean?
    
    * Peter Patel-Schneider wrote:
    >When I check my document for link validity I get the following error:
    >
    >http://www.bell-labs.com/user/pfps/
    >      What to do: This is a server-side problem. Check the URI.
    >      HTTP Code returned: 500
    >      HTTP Message: Server Error
    >      Lines: 36
    >
    >However, that URL works fine, and has worked fine for ages.
    
    But the server incorrectly rejects HTTP HEAD requests:
    
      % netc www.bell-labs.com 80
      HEAD /user/pfps/ HTTP/1.0
      Accept-Language: en
      Host: www.bell-labs.com:80
      User-Agent: W3C-checklink/2.85 libwww-perl/5.50
      
      HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error
      Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.6 SP1
      Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:03:59 GMT
      Content-length: 305
      Content-type: text/html
      Connection: close
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